Model predicts how far wind can carry seeds

The model analyzes the future survival of plants in a changing climate based on how far wind can carry a plant’s seeds.

Eric Stann-Missouri • futurity
Dec. 1, 2023 ~6 min

Did wind get the Great Sphinx started?

Researchers have replicated conditions that existed 4,500 years ago to figure out what role wind had in the shaping of the Great Sphinx of Giza.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Nov. 1, 2023 ~4 min


Prediction: 2023 will be a ‘very active’ hurricane season

2023 "will be a very active hurricane season," says Xubin Zeng. "People should get prepared."

Niranjana Rajalakshmi-Arizona • futurity
May 2, 2023 ~6 min

High winds may boost pathogen among outdoor chickens

On farms where chickens live outside, high winds may increase the prevalence the largest cause of foodborne illness in the US.

Sara Zaske-Washington State • futurity
March 14, 2023 ~6 min

Flies can smell the motion of odors

The finding that flies can smell motion could influence public health, agriculture, and even the development of robots, say researchers.

Bill Hathaway-Yale • futurity
Nov. 10, 2022 ~4 min

Dandelions inspire sensor that floats on a breeze

A sensor 30 times the weight of a dandelion seed can travel up to 100 meters in a breeze. "You could use a drone to release thousands of these devices in a single drop."

Sarah McQuate-Washington • futurity
March 17, 2022 ~8 min

Can windy days shield you from COVID-19?

Low wind speeds and stale air are associated with as much as 45% higher incidence of contracting COVID-19 when people socialize outside, researchers say.

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
Dec. 1, 2021 ~3 min

Scary weather to follow if jet stream keeps moving

Climate-caused disruptions to the North Atlantic jet stream are likely to have drastic weather-related consequences as early as 2060.

Daniel Stolte-Arizona • futurity
Sept. 21, 2021 ~8 min


Warm rivers of air punch big holes in Antarctic sea ice

Warm, moist rivers of air have a lot to do with massive holes in sea ice in Antarctica's Weddell Sea, a new study shows.

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
Nov. 13, 2020 ~5 min

How lowly moss spread all over the world

Global wind systems have transported moss along Earth's latitudes, to rooftops, sidewalks, and lawns worldwide, and as far away as Antarctica.

U. Copenhagen • futurity
Nov. 10, 2020 ~5 min

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